Paper Bows

I love doing things with paper and when its paper that I already have on hand, all the better! I love reusing magazines since I already have plenty on hand.  Today's idea I found on Pinterest aka my new addiction!! Oh many an hour I spend on that site!!! Found the instructions here, it is in Portuguese, but Google translate fixed that!  

So, I take a magazine apart and cut 6 by 6 inch squares 

And a few folds later you get this! 

Now I will attempt to show you how I got there! 

Fold in half and repeat in the other direction

Open then fold in half on the diagonal, open and repeat on the other diagonal

Open 

Then fold in on itself to look like this 

With the open end on the bottom, fold down the folded tip

Open and it will look like this

Fold in on itself so the box in the center folds down. It should pretty much fold in on itself with a bit of help

Fold the top edges down and repeat on the other side

Open up

Turn over

Cut along the seams

Fold the top flap down

Fold down the first part of the bow and repeat on both sides

Cut down the middle seam

Fold the edges into the middle

Fold the inner edge to the outer edge

Turn over and tada!

I have made...a lot of these today. These will be great for gift wrapping, scrapbooking, decorating, or for me...killing time!